Resisting Empire: Rethinking the Purpose of the Letter to the Hebrews

by Jason A. Whitlark

Book Overview

This book offers a fresh reading about the purpose for which Hebrews was written. In this book Whitlark argues that Hebrews engages both the negative pressures (persecution) and positive attractions (honor/prosperity) of its audience's Roman imperial context. Consequently, the audience of Hebrews appears to be in danger of defecting to the pagan imperial context. Due to the imperial nature of these pressures, Hebrews obliquely critiques the imperial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567456013
• ISBN13: 9780567456014
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"